catalogue

VARIOUS

ECCENTRIC SOUL VOL. 11 (SMART'S PALACE) (NUMERO GROUP)

VARIOUS - ECCENTRIC SOUL VOL. 11 (SMART'S PALACE) 147035
format:
1 CD
release:
24.04.2009
label:
NUMERO GROUP
genre:
World
item ID:
147035
barcode:
0825764102728
Smart's Palace was anything but royal. Beyond the bloodlines of the Smart Brothers and their jester brother Leroy, the only kings and queens to be discovered there were JB and Aretha playing on the Wurlitzer.

But between 1963 and 1975, the club held court for the entire Wichita, Kansas, soul scene.

At its heart was Dick Smart: bassist, club and record store owner, DJ, promoter, and sole proprietor of the Solo label.

Collected here for the first time are the story and songs that came out of this thriving, if not totally unknown scene.

A decade in the making, leading soul historian Dante Carfagna has compiled 19 dizzying Wichita twisters_by the Smart Brothers Band, Theron & Darrell, Baby Neal, and more_covering the Solo, Kanwic, Vantage, and Lee-Mac labels, all fully annotated with a ransom of pictures, posters, and ephemera fit for a king.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. I'M NOT ASHAMED
  • 1.2. I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER
  • 1.3. TELL HER
  • 1.4. BAREFOOT PHILLY
  • 1.5. A DAY IN THE LIFE
  • 1.6. LORRAINE
  • 1.7. EVERYONE NEEDS SOMEONE
  • 1.8. IT'S YOUR LOVE
  • 1.9. IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME
  • 1.10. INFLATION
  • 1.11. DON'T HATE LET'S COMMUNICATE
  • 1.12. HERBIE'S BAG
  • 1.13. THE DANCE GOT OLD
  • 1.14. I'VE GOT A FUNNY FEELING
  • 1.15. CRAZY ABOUT YOU BABY
  • 1.16. MERCY BABY
  • 1.17. DEDICATED TO YOU
  • 1.18. LET ME BE YOUR CHRISTMAS TOY
  • 1.19. IT'S LIKE HEAVEN